Virgil Vries

Virgil Vries
Personal information
Full name Virgil Christo Vries
Date of birth (1989-03-29) 29 March 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Keetmanshoop, South West Africa
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 La Masia
Youth career
Luton FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–2008 Fedics United
2008–2011 Eleven Arrows
2011–2012 Golden Arrows 5 (0)
2012 → Carara Kicks (loan)
2012–2013 Orlando Pirates
2013–2017 Maritzburg United 59 (0)
2017–2018 Baroka 20 (0)
2018–2019 Kaizer Chiefs 5 (0)
2019–2023 Moroka Swallows 52 (0)
2024- La Masia 17 (0)
International career‡
2009– Namibia 39 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 February 2023

Virgil Vries (born 29 March 1989) is a Namibian football goalkeeper who plays for South African club Moroka Swallows.

Club career

In January 2012 he was loaned to second division side Carara Kicks.

Later in 2012, he signed a short-term contract with Orlando Pirates in the Namibian Premier League. In January 2013 he goes to Maritzburg United F.C. in the Premier Soccer League. Since then he made 27 appearances for the club and keep a clean sheet in eight games and conceding in these games 23 goals.

Leaving Kaizer Chiefs in the summer 2019, Vries joined Moroka Swallows on 26 September 2019.

International career

Virgil Vries is eligible to play for Namibia. He made his debut for the Namibia national football team on the 4 June 2011 against the Burkina Faso national football team in a 1–4 loss for Namibia. As of 1 June 2014 he has played 11 games for Namibia and kept a clean sheet in five games.

References

  1. ^ Namibia: Virgil Vries Falls From Grace – AllAfrica
  2. ^ Vries Targets PSL Return – Soccer Laduma
  3. ^ Vries is no keeper, cut by Kaizer Chiefs, sport24.co.za, 1 May 2019
  4. ^ Swallows sign Chiefs discard Vries, kickoff.com, 26 September 2019